The Duumvirate
MSS 1324 M
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Title
The Duumvirate
Published
[S.l.] [s.d.]
Description
[2] p. ; 39 cm. (fol.)
Call Number
MSS 1324 M
Note
Attributed to Henry Henley Chapman, an original member of the Maryland Society of the Cincinnati by his great-great grandson, the donor, who was also a member.
Long 71-line satirical poem, partially separated at folds.
"Cadwallader [sic] stand forth, be fairly try'd/ When facts must speak, and justice shall decide.... What motives brought you into public life/ your zeal for Tories and your [love of strife? partially legible] / Twas there, and pride, deny it if you can, / which made you dare to be a public man"
Poem ends: "For refugees shall it entreat in vain/ Essay in vain to save their forfeit [self?]/ Dame nature when she made it only toy'd / And little mister call the creature Lloyd, possibly, Cadwalader's brother-in-law, Edward Lloyd.
Poem may be referring to the long-standing constitutional dispute between John Cadwalader and Joseph Reed.
Long 71-line satirical poem, partially separated at folds.
"Cadwallader [sic] stand forth, be fairly try'd/ When facts must speak, and justice shall decide.... What motives brought you into public life/ your zeal for Tories and your [love of strife? partially legible] / Twas there, and pride, deny it if you can, / which made you dare to be a public man"
Poem ends: "For refugees shall it entreat in vain/ Essay in vain to save their forfeit [self?]/ Dame nature when she made it only toy'd / And little mister call the creature Lloyd, possibly, Cadwalader's brother-in-law, Edward Lloyd.
Poem may be referring to the long-standing constitutional dispute between John Cadwalader and Joseph Reed.
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